Jarbidge Crossings

Note: This post includes a link to a video sharing site -- you may need to download the Adobe Flash player to view it. -- DRIf it is solitude, isolation, and landscapes of great beauty you seek, then the Jarbidge Wilderness is the place to...

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Peaks and Old Pines

Note: My apologies for the relative dryness of this post – I have been occupied with reading the “Da Vinci Code” obsessively – Mom, Dad, and John each read it with equally reclusive behavior, and I was the next in line. Enjoy the photos! --DRWe...

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"NEVADA IS NOT A WASTELAND"

Note – We summited Arc Dome on June 11, 2006 -- DRThe title is from a bumper sticker seen in Carson City. Those travelers who judge the State by what they see in Las Vegas might be justified. But we are here in the center of the Basin and Range,...

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Mining for Clams

Note – we visited the places described in this entry on June 9 and 10. -- DRWhat could be more of a thrill for a couple of geologists but to find a place that has both mines and fossils? Located in the Shoshone Mountains south of Highway 50...

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Sparks Junk

Note -- Once again the intersection of us and an Internet connection are few and far between – this entry took place on June 5, 2006 -- DRLike knees and backs, some things just give out from overuse. We open and close our tailgate a dozen times...

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Rim Shot

It is possible to hike the perimeter of Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Rim Trail circles for 165 miles along the ridgelines and peaks surrounding this very blue body of water, sometimes dropping to lake level. We rooted down in the Martis Creek Campground...

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Crossing Bridges

We are now a party of four. We have reunited with my parents outside of Marysville at the home of a longtime family friend. Gathered were about 40 friends and family of our hosts, Bob and Darlene. I have not seen some for probably 40 years,...

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Nude Beach

Note: Due to spotty Internet access, this entry describes events on or around May 25, 2006 -- DRI can recollect visiting the California coastline between Los Angeles and San Francisco only in short segments, and not as a continuous experience....

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